Isaiah 5:30 …and if one look unto the land, (also often translated as earth, wrongly so most of the time, particularly in the New Testament) behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in THEHEAVENSthereof.” This passage is referring to a judgment against Israel, ie, the land.

Isaiah 58:10In regard to a call for Israel to fast, Isaiah says to “…satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:” The noon day is THE HEAVENS at its brightest time, and so would it be a bright day in Israel, if this light as experienced in, but they would not, and would experience great darkness upon the land.

Jeremiah 4:23-29 Here Jeremiah is proclaiming a coming judgment upon Jerusalem, and the entire nation of Israel. He describes it by using such imagery as “THE EARTH being without from, and void; and THE HEAVENS, having no light. The mountains trembling, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.” When we examine the coming of the lord in the New Testament, we'll see that the Greek word for “coming” is Parousia, which is defined as “comingpresence”.

Jeremiah 4:27 clarifies the locality of this judgment, that it has nothing to do with the earth , in the since of the globe, but it's upon “The whole land”. That is, the land of Israel.

Jeremiah 4:28 says, “For this shall THE EARTH mourn, and THE HEAVENS above be black…” Nothing transpired in the physical HEAVENS here, only in the land in which this judgment was invoked. Verse 29clarifies that the judgments are centralized to “The whole city” of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 32:7 says of Pharaoh, “And when I shall put thee out, I will cover THE HEAVEN, and make the stars thereof dark.”

Ezekiel 32: 8 says that, “All the bright LIGHTS OF HEAVEN will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land…”

Joel 2:10 uses this same apocalyptic, prophetic language. It says, “THE EARTH shall quake before them: THE HEAVENS shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:” This is a judgment in Israel, verse 1 (in Zion), in which the Lord COMETH.

Joel 2: 30, 31This verse brings us back to our beginning text quoted in Acts 2:16-21. Verse 30 says, THIS IS THAT(The fulfillment of that.) which was spoken of by the prophet Joel; “And I will show wonders in THE HEAVENSand in THE EARTH, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.” Verse 31 continues with, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.” A changing of the guard was taking place, in which the present ruling authority was being put out, and put down. (Gen.37:9,10)

Hebrews 12:22 Speaks of a Mountain, the same one we are told of in Daniel 2:35, which fills the whole earth. Daniel 2:44 says it's a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, and will crush and consume all other kingdoms. Mount Zion, being a kingdom in Hebrews 12:28, is a kingdom that we are receiving. Back in verse 22 we are come to it(Not someday we will come to it) , and it's also referred to as a city. The city is theheavenly Jerusalem. Paul says of this Jerusalem that is above, that it is clearly, without any question or controversy, the New Covenant!!! Galatians 4:24, 26 The Old Jerusalem, that for them, “now is”, (For us, “then was.”) was the Old Covenant, which was inbondage under Mount Sinai's Kingdom, the then present Nation of Israel and the law!

Hebrews 12:24 brings in this same point speaking of the New Covenant.

Hebrews 12:25, 26both use the terms “HEAVEN AND EARTH” and the shaking thereof.These are in relation to God's covenant with Himself being in HEAVEN, and man on the EARTH. He unites the two by bringing His Kingdom to the earth. (Matthew 6:10, Revelation 21:1-3) All other Mountains/Kingdoms, such as Mount Sinai/The Old Covenant, would be shaken to pieces. (Daniel 2:34,44, Psalms 2:9)

Hebrews 12:29 says, “For our God is a consuming fire.” This brings us back to our passage in

2 Peter 3:10 , which says,“THE HEAVENS” shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with ferventheat, THE EARTH also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Remember, to the Jew who knew Old Testament imagery, and apocalyptic language, “THE HEAVENS”, meant something completely different than it did even to the Greeks of their day, as it might to us with a “western mindset”, based upon mathematical and scientific hard cold facts. When Daniel 4:26 says that, “THE HEAVENS DO RULE” , a Greek would be thinking about Zeus, and Jupiter. Today, when we in the west hear such language, we might be thinking in terms of space, distance, and something to do with the physical heavens related to astronomy. Thinking that God is somewhere out there beyond the stars etc.. Of course, he is everywhere, therefore “THE HEAVENS RULING” has nothing to do with a physical relationship to the firmament. God is spirit, and rules from the invisible realm, reaching into the visible, and is not far from anyone of us. (Deut.30:11-14, Romans 10:7,8) The word is near to us, in him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28) He uses the physical HEAVENS as a metaphor to communicate His authority, rule and reality. For example, Isaiah 55:8,9says, “For as THE HEAVENS are higher than THE EARTH, so are my ways higher than your ways , and my thoughts than your thoughts.” We are low lives, without the intervention of his higher life and higher thoughts. James 3:17 speaks of wisdom from ABOVE, as opposed to that which is EARTHLYin verse 15.

So, “THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH” must be interpreted from the Old Testaments use of the terms. The Covenant begins with Abraham who is told that his seed (Christ, not physical descendants-Gal.3:16) would be multiplied (Corporate Christ-all nations blessed-Gen.22:18) “as the stars of HEAVEN, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore/EARTH…” (Gen.22:17) Moses addresses the Covenant people (Covenant people, meaning God in HEAVEN joined with man on the EARTH.) in the following manner, “Give ear, O HEAVENS, and I will speak; and hear, O EARTH, the words of my mouth.” (Deut.32:1) Isaiah does the same thing when he says, “Hear, O HEAVENS, and give ear, O EARTH…” (Isaiah 1:2)

Isaiah 51:6, 16 really clarify the terms in relation to God's Covenant with man. The puritan theologian, John Owen, sees this passage in Isaiah as clearly revealing to us that 2 Peter 3 was fulfilled in the establishment of the New Covenant.

Isaiah 51:6 says, “Lift up your eyes to THE HEAVENS, and look upon THE EARTH beneath: for THE HEAVENS shall vanish away like smoke, and THE EARTH shall WAX OLD LIKE A GARMENT, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.” What does the full revelation of scripture, which is the New Testament, tell us about something WAXING OLD?

Hebrews 8:13 says, “…A new covenant, he hath make the first old. Now that which decayeth and WAXETH OLD is ready to vanish away.” (It's interesting here, that “ready to vanish away” is a single Greek word used also in Revelation 1:3,when it says, “…for the time is “at hand.” Greek: “eggus”.)

Does the New Testament tell us anything about an OLD GARMENT?It does so in Matthew 9:16, which is in reference to the Old Covenant.

Was not the Old Testament over when Jesus died on the Cross. In truth it was, but this fact was not yet clear to all. Things were quite murky for most in Israel concerning the faith as it pertained to various aspects of the law. This passage in Hebrews 8:13 says that the old was ready to vanish away, but had not entirely done so as of yet. Only after the destruction of the temple, could it be made manifest and clear who the true son's of God where. Who were the wheat, and who were the tares? Was it those who were still under the Old Covenant Law, or those who were trusting in Jesus alone? Again, there was much murkiness. The next chapter in Hebrews say's that, “The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:” The temple had to come down first! (Hebrews 9:8) What is the clear theme of eschatology? The destruction of the Old, and the CREATION of the New. The destruction of the Old COVENANT, Old TEMPLE(Mt.24), Old MAN, Old WINESKINS, Old GARMENTS(Mentioned in thepassage above in Isaiah 51:6), Old BOTTLES, Old WAY (Heb.10:20), Old CREATION (2 Cor. 5:17 refers to the individual, Rev. 21:4, 5, to the corporate), Old AGE (Mt. 24:3, 1 Cor.10:11-“…ends of the age (Not world) are come”), OldJERUSALEM(Gal. 4:21-31), and the Old ISRAEL. (Mt. 3:9, John 8:33, 39,41,44,Rom. 2:28, 29, 4:3,11, 9:8, Gal. 3:16, 6:16, Colossians 3:10,11, Rev. 2:9, 3:9)

In Isaiah 51:16, God says, “And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered THEE in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plantTHE HEAVENS, and lay the foundations of THEEARTH, and say unto Zion, Thou art MY PEOPLE.” Heaven brought to earth is the establishment of God's covenant people. In Revelation 21:1-3 we see the same thing with a NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH,which is the New Jerusalem/The Bride/The New Covenant, which is the New Temple/Tabernacle with GOD IN HEAVEN DWELLING WITH MEN ON EARTH! (Galatians 4:22-31)

The HEAVENS, and the EARTH have everything to do with God descending into a covenant relationship with man on the earth. Again, it's all about Him revealing Himself through His presence from HEAVEN, with men on the EARTH. It's His will being done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN. (Mt. 6:10) His kingdom coming and His will being done, is also about the kingdom's expansion out from Jerusalem as Jesus commissioned his disciples. “All power is given unto me in HEAVENand in EARTH. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…I am WITH YOUALWAYS…” (Mt.28:17-20)

In Matthew 16:16-19 , this covenant of God in heaven and man on earth can be clearly seen. Jesus states that He will build his church upon the revelation of who He was, the Messiah/Christ, the Son/express image of the living God. This revelation comes from HEAVEN(vs.17). Heavens authority is exercised upon the EARTH, within THE CHURCH/GOD'S COVENANT PEOPLE. The key's are the authority given to lock the door and keep out the darkness, and to open doors of opportunity that no man can close. (Rev. 21:27, 22:14, 3:8)

Mathew18:17-20Continues along these same lines. The church (vs.17) is given authority to administer the left foot of fellowship to the openly unrepentant. This authority is from God in HEAVEN, and administered through man on the EARTH. Thus, what's bound/stripped of authority on EARTH by two or three Covenant members, is backed up with HEAVENS AUTHORITY. Also, whatsoever is loosedis given authority to exercise heaven's authority in God's will being DONE (vs.19) ON EARTH. That is, “done for them by my Father which is in HEAVEN.”

Mt.1:23 Emmanuel, God with us. Ephesians 1:3... “spiritual blessings INHEAVENLY PLACES in Christ”, (Ephesians 2:6) “…and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together IN HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus.” These heavenly places are taking place on earth. These saints in Ephesus had not died, and left the earth, but THIS WAS HEAVEN'S AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE BEING EXPERIENCED ON EARTH!

Take also into account that the law, the prophets, and the Psalms, address the covenant people as THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH!

Deuteronomy 32:1 “Give ear, O ye HEAVENS, and I will speak; and hear O EARTH, the words of my mouth”. The verse prior reveals to whom Moses is addressing, “And Moses spake in the ears of all THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL…” God in HEAVEN is joined with man on EARTH in covenant.

Isaiah 1:2 “Hear, O HEAVENS, and give ear, OEARTH, for the Lord has spoken…” Isaiah is addressing Judah and Jerusalem, the covenant people (Isaiah 1:1).

Isaiah 51:16 “…that I may plant THE HEAVENS, and lay the foundations of THE EARTH, and say unto ZION, THOU ART MY (COVENANT) PEOPLE.” The puritan theologian John Owen uses this verse to explain 2 Peter 3's, “THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

Psalms 50:4, 5 “He shall call to THE HEAVENS from above, and to THE EARTH, that He may judge HIS PEOPLE. Gather MY SAINTStogether unto me; those that have made aCOVENANTwith me by sacrifice.”

Hosea 2:18-21 “And in that day will I make A COVENANT for them…And I will BETROTH (covenant) thee unto me forever…I will even BETROTH (covenant) thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear THE HEAVENS, and they shall hear THE EARTH.”

Joel 2:30 “And I will shew wonders in THE HEAVENS and in THE EARTH, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.” This verse is right in the middle of the passage quoted by Peter in Acts 2:16-21, where Peter says, this (the outpouring of the Spirit at the beginning of the new covenant) is that (Joel 2:28-32) which was spoken by the prophet Joel…” This event is that passage of scripture's fulfillment! The old heavensand earth of the old covenant system (the temple, city, and nation)would go up in smoke (blood and fire and pillars of smoke - Matthew 22:7) as the new covenant was being established on the earth.

Joel 3:16 “The Lord also shall roar out of ZION, and utter his voice from JERUSALEM; and THEHEAVENS and THE EARTH shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of HIS PEOPLE, and the strength of THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.”

Zechariah 12:1 “The burden of the word of the Lord for ISRAEL, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth THE HEAVENS and layeth the foundations of THE EARTH, and formeth the spirit of man within him.”

Matthew 5:17,18is the clearest of all revelation on this matter of “HEAVEN AND EARTH.”

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, TillHEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (By Him)

Timing has everything to do with Bible Prophecy Fulfilled. Tillis a timing word here. Plain as day here, Once I fulfill the law, the“HEAVEN AND EARTH” ,of the old covenant, WILL PASS!” The Old Covenant rule upon the earth will pass after He fulfills every jot and and tittle of the law and the prophets. Did he or did Jesus not fulfill every jot and title of the law and the prophets? Yes, He did, therefore HEAVENA ND EARTH HAVE PASSED! His words would not pass (Mt.24:35), but would be the foundation of the New Covenant temple made without hands, a house that would endure all storms (Mt.7:24-27), in an EVERLASTING COVENANT!

Revelation 21:1-5 says that this new temple/tabernacle of God is with men.It is the NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH, while the former/old things are PASSED AWAY! Behold, I make ALL THINGS NEW… IT IS DONE! “…A New Covenant He hath made the first OLD. Now that which decayeth and waxeth OLD is ready to (it did pass away in A.D. 70)VANISH AWAY.”(Heb.8:13) The Old tabernacle/temple was about to pass away and the New Temple of Jesus' Body/Temple/Tabernacle/Church was about to be made manifest to all. (Heb.9:8)

2 Cor. 3:7 “written…in stones…which glory was PASSING AWAY.”

2 Cor. 3:11 “For if what is PASSING AWAY was glorious…”

In 2 Peter 3, we should now have a completely different understanding from our western minds, to that of the Old testament scriptures, as well as the New Testament scriptures which draw from the Old, and their usages of the terms “HEAVEN AND EARTH.”

2 Peter 3:10 goes on to tell us that the “ …THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, THE EARTH also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”Now do these terms mean something different to us after examining the Old Testament's uses of them? This approach to scripture is simply interpreting scripture with scripture. We must stand back, and not run with our own thoughts and understandings. We should pause and ask ourselves, “what do we know about this or that term, from the rest of scripture?

But this passage speaks of the “elements” melting and burning up. “Yes, this is talking about thermonuclear war.” Wait! Pause! Where else is this term elements used in the scriptures? Answer, the Greek word is “Stoicheion.” It's definition is: Rudiments, philosophies, and principles. It's used in the following verses:

Galatians 4:3, “Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elementsof the world:”

Galatians 4:9, “…how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage.

Colossians 2:8 says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

Colossians 2:20 states, “Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudimentsof the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.”

*Note that the “world” is truly, the “age,” that is, the Old Covenant age, as well as the age in which gentiles ruled the world, as seen in Daniel's statue/Great Image. We who are in Christ are truly “Jews” in the Jewish Messiah's Kingdom “age.” (Dan.2, Romans 2:28,29, 9:8, Rev.2:9, 3:9)

Hebrews 5:12 says, “…ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principlesof the oracles of God.”

John Lightfoot (1859) states, concerning 2 Peter 3:10, the following, “ The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, &c. Compare this with Deuteronomy 32:22, Hebrews 12:26: and observe that by the elements are understood the Mosaic elements, Galatians 4:9, Colossians 2:20: and you will not doubt that St. Peter speaks only of the conflagration of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Nation, and the abolishing of the dispensation of Moses.” (Vol.3 p.452)

C.H. Spurgeon states, “Did you ever regret the absence of the burnt offering, or the red heifer, or any one of the sacrifices and rites of the Jews? No, because though these were like the OLD HEAVENS ANDEARTH to the Jewish believers, THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY, AND WE NOW LIVE UNDER ANEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, so far as the dispensation of divine teaching is concerned. The substance is come, and the shadow has gone: and we do not remember it.” (C.H. Spurgeon, MP vol.38 p. 354)

Concerning the most complete book on Bible Prophecy ever written, The Parousia, by James Stuart Russell, Spurgeon says the following, “Though the author's theory is carried too far (he no longer believes this), it has so much truth in it, and throws so much new light upon obscure portions of the Scriptures, and is accompanied with so much critical research and close reasoning, that it can be injurious to none and may be profitable to all.” (October 1878 issue of The Sword and the Trowel Magazine)

Just a quick, and I believe a very relevant, thought here. I often hear how that the reformers and their descendants (Spurgeon was such a descendant) didn't really see and understand “Israel” and the “Last Days/Bible Prophecy”, and were given to “replacement theology” (No, “fulfilled theology”, it is today's futurists who actually replace Jesus with Israel). Might they ever consider that perhaps the reformers saw and understood something that they are not presently seeing, that is, a kingdom and dominion mentality, which enabled the reformers to turn the world upside down and build the foundations of present day western civilization! What a contrast with today's defeatist mentality of a darker and darker, worse and worse, doomsday forecast, which becomes self fulfilling. This is a direct result of futurism/pre-millennialism, with its death row mentality resulting in short term goals! What one believes about the future effects what one does and how one does it, even if it's a sub-conscious belief that may have infected one decades prior, perhaps going back to a class in Bible seminary. No more John Bunyan's, John Locks (a preterist preacher who laid the foundations for the free enterprise system, picked up by Adam Smith…), Rembrandts, Michael Angelo's, or Handles' “Messiah”, now it's “The Late Great Planet Earth”, “Left Behind”, and “The Omega Code”!!! And we wonder why the youth are leaving the Church in droves? Could it be that the greatest hope and goal being given to them is to disappear off the face of the earth in a rapture (which is crap for sure) just before every thing blows up!!!!!!

2 Peter 3:12 goes on to tell us of THE HEAVENS, or present ruling authority/authorities of this the old rule, will be “…dissolved, and the elementsshall melt with fervent heat.” They will “PASS AWAY”, verse 10.

2 Peter 3:13 says, “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for NEW HEAVENS and a NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

In Matthew 3:15 Jesus says to John the Baptist, the last Old Testament Prophet pointing to Jesus and The New Covenant, “…for thus it becometh us TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Jesus fulfilled this righteousness of perfection, which was the Old Covenant's standard. “To be found in Him, not having mine own RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the RIGHTEOUSNESS which is OF GODby faith.” (Gal.3:9)“For He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. (2 Cor.5:21)

Daniel 9:24 says, “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to BRING IN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS.” This was brought in, and many Christians today are still looking for this passage of scripture to be fulfilled. I can't find one theologian before 1830, when Darby's dispensationalism took off, that sees anything in this passage as not already being fulfilled in the first century. (This passage, Daniel 9:24-27, contains the 70th week, and the Abomination of Desolation) This doesn't mean that there weren't some Koresh's of the past that might have stated such things.

This everlasting righteousness is clearly stated here to be brought about through the sacrifice that establishes the new covenant, to which is said to be an “EVERLASTING COVENANT.” (Hebrews 13:20)

It is linguistically impossible to have a period of “last days” within an everlasting covenant.

Therefore, we've examined that the last days were not regarding the last days of the globe. Neither are they in reference to the “last days” of the New Covenant, as we've just examined above. So then, we must conclude with our investigation that the “last days” are thelast days of the Old Covenant, which was for told of by the prophets. The Old Covenant people would be transitioned into a new age of the Messiah's kingdom, in the New Covenant. It's the year 2007 for a reason. The New Covenant is that reason!

“But what about therest of Matthew 24, you only covered the first few verses?”

Matthew 24:4 says, “Take heed that no man deceive YOU. Remember in verse 2, he is speaking to the disciples face to face, and says, “verily I say unto YOU…” In verse 3 they say, “Tell US…”

Matthew 24:5 says, “For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and shall deceive many.” The book of Acts, the Epistles, and even Josephus tell us clearly that this did happen. (Acts 8:9-24)

Matthew 24:6 states that, “YE shall hear of wars and rumours of wars…” Is there an increase in wars in our day? In 2007 there are some 30, or so, armed conflicts in the world. This is the least amount of wars in the world since post World War Two. How are wars today in ourworld related in any way to any sign of increased wars of the “last days”?

Matthew 24:7 continues about war. “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom, against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” This is simply theprogression of war. First, the fighting, then the economic turmoil, and disruption of the growth and trade of food, which brings famine. What follows next is death, and rotting corpses bring about pestilences.

The Wars within the Roman Empire during the 60's were about half a dozen. These were civil wars between rivaling Roman Military and political adversaries. One civil war brings enough chaos for an empire, we could only imagine what this many would be like.

The wars brought famine, the famine death, and death pestilence.

What about earthquakes? Has there been an increase in earthquakes? Let's examine history to see some of the devastation brought on by earthquakes.

Date AD: Location: Deaths:

532 Syria 130,000

678 Syria 170.00

856 Iran:Qumis Damghan 200,00

893 India: Daipul 180,00

893 Iran: Ardabil 150,000

1138 Egypt, Syria 230,000

1139 Iran: Gansana 100,000

1290 China: Chihili 100,000

1556 China 830,000

1641 Iran: Dehkwargan, Tabriz 300,000

1662 China 300,000

1669 Sicily: (Etna eruption) 100,000

1693 Sicily: Catania and Naples 100,000

1703 Japan: Hokkaido 100,000

1721 Iran: Tabriz 100,000

1730 China:Chihili 100,000

1730 Japan: Hokkaido 137,000

1731 China: Peking 100,000

1737 India: Calcutta 300,000

1780 Iran: Tabriz 100,000

1850 China 300-400,000

1876 Bay of Bengal (tsunami) 215,000

1908 Italy: Messina/Reggio 110,000

Today there is an increase in technology so as to monitor earthquakes more precisely, not an increase in actual earthquakes.

Before we continue through the chapter, lets skip ahead to what's known as time indicators. After all, if timing is excluded from Bible Prophecy, then Mosses' only test for distinguishing between the true and the false is excluded. Anything can simply be pushed into the future. Nothing can be proven without this test. Genesis 18:21-22, 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21. Here are some examples of the precision of prophecy in the Bible. They all say for example, that such and such an event will happen within an exact amount of time.

Years:

1 “this year” Jeremiah 28:16,17

1 “within a year” Isaiah 26:16

3 “within three years” Isaiah 16:14

3 ½ “shall they tread under foot forty and two months” Revelation 11:2

7 “What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years of great…”

Genesis 41:28,29

15 “And I will add unto thy days fifteen years.” 2 Kings 20:6

65 “within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. Isaiah 7:8

70 “…shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years….when the seventy years are accomplished…

Jeremiah 25:11,12

80 “The days of our years are seventy years, and if by reason of strength they be eighty years, yet…”

483 “from the commandment to restore…unto the Messiah…shall be seven weeks, and threescore

and two weeks.” Daniel 9:25

490“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy city…” Daniel 9:24

Does God who created time, deal with man who is in time, vaguely or precisely with measures of time?

Do we weasel out of the only standard for deciphering prophecy (Deut.18:21-22) by saying that a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day? Is not this God's perspective? If this method were true, then the reverse would be true as well. And that would leave us with The Thousand Year Reign of Christ having the duration of one day. Should this method be applied to undo clear time references, which are to be taken literally? Can God tell time? If we followed the “thousand year model of interpretation”, we would be left to say that the book of Revelation's statement's about the events within being doneshortly, quickly, and that they were at hand, could really mean that they were “far off.” (Revelation 1:1, 3, 16:15, 22:6, 10, 12, 20) Therefore, when Ezekiel speaks of events that are said to be “far off”, could not “far off” really mean “at hand”, anytime, or tomarrow (Ezekiel 12:22-28)? It could, if a day is as a thousand years with God, who really can't be clear with us. The fact is, that God can be clear with us, and when he say's, “This captivity is LONG”, we can clearly understand that God considers 70 years to be a LONG time for man, whom He created in time. (Jeremiah 29:28)

So, lets examine some futher weaseling in relation to timing verses within eschatology: